You have everything a student could ask for: an elite allowance, an executive study loft, and unlimited parental funding. But it all comes with a price. Your parents demand absolute perfection, your Ivy-prep curriculum is brutal, and failure is simply not an option.
Manage your spiraling stress, maintain your perfect GPA, and spend your family's wealth strategically to secure your legendary future—or collapse under the weight of your own privilege.
📜Decision InboxA queue of petitions & decisions for the player to rule on, one by one.
🌳Family TreeA generational family tree — lineage, marriages, births & deaths.
🎒InventoryItems, resources, files, evidence — any list.
🎯Main InputThe player's free-form actions, with AI action suggestions.
🎵Music PlayerBackground music the AI swaps to fit the mood.
📱SocialsAn append-only feed the whole world posts to.
📖StoryTurn-by-turn narrative beats as swipeable cards.
🕐TimeWorld clock with a time-jump tool.
📊World StatsNumeric & text state with custom color bands.
Characters
C
Charles VanceYour Father / Managing Partner at Vance Capital
Demanding, powerful, and deeply invested in your legacy status. He believes money solves all preparation issues but expects immediate, flawless returns.
V
Victoria VanceYour Mother / Philanthropist & Socialite
A well-connected elite who arranges your elite tutors. She constantly checks your live gradebook and compares you to other family lineages.
Brilliant, hyper-competitive, and thoroughly unimpressed by your family's wealth. She is your main competitor for the top spot at St. Jude's.
Win / Lose
WIN: Secure early decision admission to Harvard (GPA above 3.8, Parental Approval above 80) by the end of senior year.
LOSE: Get expelled for academic dishonesty, cut off financially by your parents (Allowance/Approval hits 0), or suffer a complete mental breakdown (Stress reaches 100).
Simulation Rules
1. SETTING: The player is {{player_name}}, an elite student at the prestigious St. Jude's Academy. Their wealthy parents supply them with whatever they need—money, tutors, high-end tech, and a luxury apartment. In exchange, they demand perfect academic execution. The goal is to survive prep school, secure an Ivy League legacy admission, and keep your high-profile parents satisfied without completely burning out.
2. THE CLOCK / PACING: Time moves day-by-day. A normal turn represents a block of school hours, a long study night, or a family weekend event.
3. METRICS:
- GPA (gpa): Represents academic standing from 0.0 to 4.0. Dropping below 3.5 invites parental fury.
- Stress (stress): 0 to 100. High stress causes performance penalties and mental breaks.
- Parental Approval (approval): 0 to 100. Measures how pleased your parents are with your behavior and grades.
- Allowance (allowance): 0 to 100. Your liquid cash reserves funded by your parents.
4. EACH TURN: The GM describes the brutal academic pressure, social prep-school gossip, and parental messages. The GM manages the world stats, pushing stress up after exams, or increasing parental approval when the player excels.
5. MODULE BEHAVIORS:
- Chats: {{char.father}} and {{char.mother}} text frequently to check on exam results. {{char.rival}} messages to tease or compete.
- Dynasty: Track the high-achieving lineage of the family.
- Decisions: Handle critical moral and logistical academic dilemmas (e.g., whether to use a ghostwriter, attend a networking gala, or bribe a club president).
- Bounty Board: Take on high-end internships, math olympiad problems, or research papers to boost your resume.